My boy will be 7 months old at the end of November. In the last couple of weeks I’m noticing he gets angry when he’s not constantly entertained. I want to start to teach him to learn to play on his ...

My brother in law family is coming to visit us for a little less than 2 months in USA from India. I know that sounds a lot but it is common in our culture to stay at immediate relative place for that ...

Being a father is great thing. I want to teach my son (who is about to complete 2 years next month) something useful in life. He is so active physically and mentally. He has very good observational ...

My wife picks up my daughter from daycare at the end of the day and goes home to get dinner ready and do some chores as she waits for me to get home. My daughter is 7 months old. When she gets home ...

There is a neighbor boy who is 6. I have a 4 and a 2 year old. The boys mom is nice, the boy seems nice (I can tell he's a coddled only child, but whatever). He's been over to play a few times with ...

I just cancelled my order for a playpen. I read online that putting your baby in a playpen is akin to neglect. Babies placed in a playpen could grow up to be less intelligent than their peers because ...

My neighbor’s children frequently pop over to my house to play. I love that we have young kids on our street, but they stay a long time, eat most of our snacks, and then I feel responsible for walking ...

Most toddlers are creatures of habit and routine, and our toddler is the same. She is happiest when she has consistent mealtimes, naptime, and bedtime. When we go on vacation, however, we undoubtedly ...

I've noticed a great many parents do everything within their power to prevent their children playing with toy guns and weapons. As a 30-something, I grew up with toy swords, bows and guns, action men (...

Our son is 2.5 years. He has a high interest in cars and going outside of the house. Every day, whether it is in the morning or afternoon, he always ask us to get out of the house. If we have time, we ...

While indoor games have several benefits (no effects of weather, the kid is right in front of you, many intellectual mobile/video games that are rather impossible as an outdoor game, and so on...), ...

By "doing the air plane", I mean holding one arm and one leg of my daughter and then let her fly by circling around. I'm wondering when I can safely start doing that without dislocating her joints.
I'...

Just out of curiosity: at what age is a child ready to play with its first bricks? The light, large, colored wooden ones, like these below?
By playing I mean actually creating something of of them: a ...

I want to make sure that I do not set it too high or too low.
If it sets too high a baby can have a bad walking habit because he walks on his toe. But if it's too low, it can cause his legs support ...

My daughter is almost 6 years old and we live across from a park. Can I tell to her to play and check her only like every 5-10 minutes? I know the answer will be it depends on the kid, and the area, ...

My 4 year old son and I enjoy playing games. However, whenever I win and he loses, he gets very upset and doesn't want to play anymore. I have tried explaining that he won't always win at everything,...

We have a 3.5 year old and a 2.5 year old and they're both exhibiting this behavior:
They prefer to watch mommy and daddy play rather than do it themselves. I think it started with drawing, we'd show ...

The only common activity I've found that works well so far is fort building. My 2 year old boy is very active, but my 4 year old daughter loves to have books read to her. However, when I'm alone with ...

I have a four month old and I wonder how much he would get out of being around other infants and children. I realize that infants do not actually play together, but I feel like viewing other children ...

My son (currently 8 months old) is quite content to sit by himself and play with toys (blocks, toy cars, etc.).
We make sure that he spends time interacting with other children, and we also make sure ...

I have twin boys who are 15 months old. My mother-in-law does daycare for us and also lives with us. Recently I have noticed a trend where they are spending more and more time watching TV during the ...